This paper gives a first economic approach to pro cycling and analyses the changes induced by the newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the racing teams? behaviour. We develop an oligopolistic model starting from the well known Bertrand and Cournot frameworks to analyse if the actual setting of the...

This paper gives a first economic approach to pro cycling and analyses the changes induced bythe newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the racing teams’ behaviour. We develop an oligopolistic model startingfrom the well known Cournot framework to analyse if the actual setting of the UCI Pro Tour...

This paper gives a first economic approach to pro cycling and analyses the changes induced by the newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the racing teams’ behaviour. We develop an oligopolistic model starting from the well known Bertrand and Cournot frameworks to analyse if the actual setting of the...

This article examines two redistributive policies: Negative Income Tax and Universal Basic Income. Its aim is to show that, although the two achieve the same distributive outcome through an appropriate tax-benefit system, they are fundamentally different from economic and ethical points of view....

This paper aims at discussing the main features of Spain’s tax system, its recent reforms and those underway. The current state of the main taxes, their future reforms are studied starting from 1975, when Spain shifted to democracy. Direct taxes, indirect taxes and social security...

As many industrialized countries, in recent years Italy reformed its fiscal system. In particular, during the period 2002-2005, two reforms deeply modified the Personal Income Tax (PIT) structure. This paper analyses the main redistributive and on disposable income effects due to the reforms of...